variants:
or harken
Definition of hearken
1
: listen
hearkened without much mental comment— Theodore Dreiser
2
: to give respectful attention
the humble folk who hearkened to these evangelists— G. M. Stephenson
3
: to bring to mind something in the past : hearken back
Portrayals of dinosaurs with lizard-like tongues hearken to early interpretations of the beasts as oversized lizards.— Mindy Weisberger
archaic
: to give heed to : hear
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